{"id":51048,"date":"2017-01-06T01:49:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T01:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=51048"},"modified":"2017-01-06T01:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T01:49:51","slug":"the-latinos-of-asia-how-filipino-americans-break-the-rules-of-race-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=51048","title":{"rendered":"The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race [Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race [Review]<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity<\/a>
\nVolume 3, Issue 1, (January 2017)<\/a>
\npages 145-146
\nDOI: 10.1177\/2332649216676788<\/a><\/p>\n

Emily Walton<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Sociology
\nDartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire<\/em><\/p>\n

Anthony Christian Ocampo, The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race<\/em><\/a>. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016. 272 pp. $22.95. ISBN 978-0-8047-9754-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time ever, I felt like I was reading about my life,\u201d my Filipina student told me when returning my copy of The Latinos of Asia<\/em>. Her reaction highlights a major strength of Anthony Ocampo\u2019s<\/a> new book: It weaves an untold story. Though Filipinos are one of America\u2019s longest-residing ethnic groups, academic and popular discourse provide little understanding of factors shaping their identity. Ocampo highlights the lived experiences of Filipino Americans as they navigate the multiple structures influencing their identities\u2014legacies of colonization by both Spain<\/a> and the United States<\/a>, neighborhood environments, and educational institutions\u2014structures that operate differently depending on one\u2019s stage in the life course. On this front, The Latinos of Asia<\/em> is a considerable achievement. Because of its broad accessibility, Ocampo\u2019s book fills an important gap in our knowledge about an often-overlooked group while also providing a foundation for understanding the \u201cunwritten rules of race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ocampo\u2019s book begins with a historical analysis of four centuries of colonial and dictatorial regimes in the Philippines<\/a>. Having spent more than 300 years as a colony of Spain, today the Philippines is the only majority Roman Catholic society in Asia, Spanish words are embedded in Filipino languages, and there is a deep cultural focus on family as the center of social life. The subsequent 50 years of U.S. colonial rule resulted in continued subjection to extensive \u201ccivilization\u201d projects for \u201cAmerica\u2019s little brown brothers.\u201d Most consequential was the complete overhaul of the educational system, which established English as the primary language of instruction. Independence from colonialism in 1946 was ultimately bittersweet, however, as it ushered in a period of poverty in the Philippines. Centuries of colonial rule had depleted the country\u2019s rich natural resources, facilitated the underdevelopment of the national economy, and created a large pool of educated workers facing limited labor market opportunities. Dictator Ferdinand Marcos<\/a> stepped in with promises of economic reform and established a labor migration program that funneled skilled Filipino workers throughout the world…<\/p>\n

Read the entire review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race [Review] Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Volume 3, Issue 1, (January 2017) pages 145-146 DOI: 10.1177\/2332649216676788 Emily Walton, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Anthony Christian Ocampo, The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. Stanford, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,5,14646,8,394,20],"tags":[22875,23851,25914,19075],"class_list":["post-51048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-asia","category-book-reviews","category-latino","category-media-archive","category-socialscience","category-usa","tag-anthony-christian-ocampo","tag-anthony-ocampo","tag-emily-walton","tag-sociology-of-race-and-ethnicity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51049,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51048\/revisions\/51049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}